Heather Blanton

To Love and to Honor and For the Love of Liberty are my latest releases. One focuses on a soldier who is dealing with the loss of his leg and how it affects his self-worth--and his ability to love! The other is a time travel story of revolution and romance! I'm also working on the script for Love, Lies, & Tyepewriters--you'll be seeing this on Hallmark one day!

Biography

"Heather Blanton is blessed with a natural storytelling ability, an 'old soul' wisdom, and wide expansive heart. Her characters are vividly drawn, and in the western settings where life can be hard, over quickly, and seemingly without meaning, she reveals Larger Hands holding everyone and everything together."
MARK RICHARD, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, AMC'S HELL ON WHEELS, and PEN/ERNEST HEMINGWAY AWARD WINNER

Best-selling author Heather Blanton is a former journalist and avid researcher who endeavors to seamlessly weave actual history in among fictional storylines. She loves exploring the American West, especially ghost towns and museums. She has walked parts of the Oregon Trail, ridden horses through the Rockies, climbed to the top of Independence Rock, and even held an outlaw's note in her hand.

Fun Facts

Hobbies

writing, reading, researching--oh, wait, you mean stuff that takes me away from my laptop? Hiking, kayaking, traveling and exploring the American West!

Most Exotic Place Visited

Mineral Point, CO--a ghost town high and lonesome in the beautiful San Juan Mountains! Custer, SD is a close second!

What Shampoo Do You Use?

Whatever Walmart puts at eye-level.

Your Dream Car

A big, red, Dodge Ram pickup truck. Seriously.

Favorite Sport

Badminton. Or if I'm watching, the not-yet-over-paid players in college football.

Mountains or Beach? Why?

Mountains. Clean, cool air, stunning vistas, the smell of pines in the air. Ah, take me away...

Pet Peeve

Bicyclists side-by-side in a curve on a country road.

Number of Published Books

Book that Changed Your Life

The Bible. A love letter from God.

Favorite Place to Write

My porch. In the South, the days when the weather is perfect for porch sitting and writing are rare--you know, no too humid, not too cold or hot. I take advantage whenever I can.

Do You Listen to Music While Writing? What Kind?

SILENCE! I must have (slaps desk) silence!

Favorite Character You Created

Charles McIntyre. A bad man who tamed a frontier town. He thought he'd rather rule in hell than serve in heaven--till he met the right, little Southern gal.